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Nurses Week Reminder: Investing in Yourself Matters Too
Nurses spend so much of their time caring for others that it can be easy to place their own professional growth and well-being at the bottom of the list. But continuing education is more than maintaining a license or earning required credits. It’s an investment in confidence, career growth, patient care, leadership, and long-term professional […]
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Nurses Week Reminder: Caring for Yourself Matters Too
During Nurses Week, the recognition is well-deserved. Nurses show up every day with skill, compassion, and dedication — for patients, for families, for entire communities. The care they provide is extraordinary. But while nurses are constantly caring for others, many struggle to extend that same care to themselves. Nursing is deeply rewarding work. It is […]
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What the New Federal Student Loan Rule Means for Nurses
The American Nurses Association (ANA) recently responded to a new federal student loan rule finalized by the U.S. Department of Education. The short version: this change could make it harder for nurses to afford graduate school. And that has bigger implications than just tuition bills. So, what actually changed? The new rule puts tighter limits […]
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ANA Government Affairs & Policy Update
ON THE HILL Appropriations, Rural Health, and Reconciliation. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee to defend the Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request for HHS, which proposes an approximately $16 billion […]
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